William L. Steffen
- Global and Planetary Change top 5%
- Nature and Landscape Conservation top 5%
- Ecology top 10%
- Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics top 10%
- Ecological Modeling top 5%
- Co-authors
- Josep G. CanadellPeter M. VitousekBrian WalkerGeorge W. KochF. Stuart ChapinOsvaldo E. SalaIngrid C. BurkeHarold A. Mooney
- Topics
- Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (4 papers)Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (3 papers)Science and Climate Studies (3 papers)
- Partner nations
- AustraliaUnited StatesGermany
In The Last Decade
William L. Steffen
21 papers receiving 521 citations
Peers
Comparison fields: 5 of 62
- Global and Planetary Change 278
- Nature and Landscape Conservation 246
- Ecology 208
- Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 111
- Ecological Modeling 81
Countries citing papers authored by William L. Steffen
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Fields of papers citing papers by William L. Steffen
This network shows the impact of papers produced by William L. Steffen. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by William L. Steffen. The network helps show where William L. Steffen may publish in the future.
Co-authorship network of co-authors of William L. Steffen
This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of William L. Steffen. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of William L. Steffen based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with William L. Steffen. William L. Steffen is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.
All Works
| # | Work | Indexed citations |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | |
| 2 | Australia's Biodiversity and Climate Change: A Strategic Assesment of the Vulnerability of Australia's Biodiversity to Climate Change. Report of the Expert Advisory Committee to the Natural Resources Management Ministerial Council | 9 |
| 3 | Australia's Biodiversity and Climate Change: A strategic assessment of the vulnerability of Australia's Biodiversity to climate change | 31 |
| 4 | Synthesis Report. Climate change: global risks, challenges and decisions, Copenhagen, Denmark, 10-12 March, 2009. | 33 |
| 5 | Australia's biodiversity and climate change: a strategic assessment of the vulnerability of Australia's biodiversity to climate change : summary for policy makers 2009 | 1 |
| 6 | Evolution of the human-environment relationship | 2 |
| 7 | The Earth’s life-support system is in peril | 1 |
| 8 | Challenges of a changing earth : proceedings of the Global Change Open Science Conference, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, 10-13 July 2001 | 11 |
| 9 | 30 | |
| 10 | 24 | |
| 11 | Global carbon cycle: A test of our knowledge of the earth | 3 |
| 12 | 2 | |
| 13 | The terrestrial Biosphere and global change: implications for natural and managed ecosystems. Synthesis volume. | 23 |
| 14 | Hydrological and biogeochemical processes in complex landscapes - what is the role of temporal and spatial ecosystem dynamics? | 5 |
| 15 | 229 | |
| 16 | 10 | |
| 17 | IGBP Northern Eurasia Study: Prospectus for an Integrated Global Change Research Project | 4 |
| 18 | 51 | |
| 19 | 19 | |
| 20 | 86 |
About William L. Steffen
William L. Steffen is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Nature and Landscape Conservation and Ecological Modeling, having authored 22 papers that have together received 580 indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (4 papers), Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (3 papers) and Science and Climate Studies (3 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Nature and Landscape Conservation (246 citations), Ecological Modeling (81 citations) and Global and Planetary Change (278 citations). William L. Steffen has collaborated with scholars based in Australia, United States and Germany. Frequent co-authors include Josep G. Canadell, Peter M. Vitousek, Brian Walker, George W. Koch, F. Stuart Chapin, Osvaldo E. Sala, Ingrid C. Burke, Harold A. Mooney, A. R. Mosier and Stephen W. Pacala. Their work appears in journals such as Trends in Ecology & Evolution, BioScience and Journal of Biogeography.
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